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Vietnam and the Middle Income Trap: Unpacked
Vietnam’s 8 Percent GDP Growth Target: Unpacked
Buy More, Sell Less: Tackling Vietnam’s Trade Surplus with the US
Is Vietnam the Next Asian Tiger Economy?
What Recent Traffic Reforms Say About Doing Business in Vietnam
Building An International Financial Centre in Vietnam: Unpacked
Vietnam’s Economy in 2024: A Brief Recap
What to Watch Now Google Has An Office in Vietnam
Does Vietnam Have a Private Consumption Problem Too?
The 8th Session of Vietnam’s National Assembly: Key Takeaways
Rethinking Financing Vietnam’s Clean Energy Transition
Vietnam’s New Social Media ID Regulations: Unpacked
How Well Prepared Is Vietnam for a Trump Presidency?
Temu in Vietnam: What’s Fair in Free Trade?
Media Relations in Vietnam: Lessons from VinFast
It’s Time to Talk About Vietnam’s Credit Growth Policy…
Vietnam’s Economy in Q3 Beyond GDP Growth: Unpacked
Paying For Vietnam’s High-Speed Rail: Unpacked
Day: September 18, 2024
Trump golf course could be on the cards for northern Vietnam
Of note, historically Trump has been a popular figure in Vietnam. A Pew Research Centre survey in 2017, not long after Trump was elected president of the United States, found that Vietnam was just one of a handful of countries of the 37 surveyed where the majority of respondents had confidence in the real estate developer and reality TV star…
FIFA launches tender for World Cup 2026 media rights for Vietnam
At this early stage it’s not clear how much the broadcast rights might cost, but in football mad Vietnam they are likely worth a lot. Notably in 2018, Vietnam’s VTV broadcaster paid an estimated US$12 million and for the 2022 World Cup paid US$14 million…
Beer production in Vietnam falls .1 percent in August over July
Of note, Vietnam’s beer industry has been struggling since COVID on the back of a change in consumer behaviour, broader economic challenges that have reduced spending power, an increase in beer imports, and stronger enforcement of drink-driving laws…
Ministry proposes solid nine-day stretch for Tet holiday in Vietnam in 2025
Notably, in 2024, the holiday ran from Thursday, February 8 to Wednesday, February 14 leaving just two days to be worked in the week, and in 2023 it ran from Friday January 20 to Thursday January 26, leaving just one working day left in the week. In this context, a continuous nine-day break would be a welcome change.
SSI Securities Corporation: Vietnam Stock Overview
Despite positive business results in the second quarter of 2024, SSI shares experienced an 18 percent decline from April 1 to September 16. This downturn was attributed in part to broader market trends with the real estate sector underperforming and significant net selling by foreign investors…